A French woman won the grand prize for her cartoon in the "Comfort Women Art Contest," according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) Monday.

The city government, which organized the event, said Annabelle Godeau, 27, won the honor after depicting the history of the victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery.

Her artwork received good reviews for its expressiveness, which depicts the victims' voices vividly.

After developing an interest in Korean pop culture, Godeau later started to pay attention to its history as well. Since 2012, she has visited the country three times as a traveler and as an intern for an application development company here.

During her stay, Godeau came to know the stories of many women, who were forcibly taken to frontline military brothels to serve Japanese soldiers before and during World War II.

And she never forgot them.

Inspired by their stories, she created artworks as she continued her art education in France.

In contrast to the Holocaust, "comfort women," a euphemism for sex slave victims, are barely known in France, she noted.

According to SMG, Godeau noted she wanted to help the victims by promoting the issue to more people across the world.

Civic groups from eight countries, including Korea and China, have requested UNESCO to list records of comfort women on its Memory of the World Register.